05/15/20 19:22:10 UTC50.125 MHz Helos in Uwharrie vic "291.9" "try them again and then we'll RTB" "head back to point 227, pick up (?gimlin?)" "it's a good thing out PAX brought parachutes, we'll just drop em off here and call it good" (??i dunno what that means??) "ascend to 100 feet" "14,16, are you gonna drop (?sticks?) 192,193 and go straight to 194?" "gonna go straight to 195". Associated w/ comms heard on 69.425FM and possibly 38.725FM as well. 5/14/2020 approx 1837+h -AJ

05/15/20 15:03:39 UTC50.125 MHz Helos in Uwharrie vic "291.9" "try them again and then we'll RTB" "head back to point 227, pick up (?gimlin?)" "it's a good thing out PAX brought parachutes, we'll just drop em off here and call it good" (??i dunno what that means??) "ascend to 100 feet" "14,16, are you gonna drop (?sticks?) 192,193 and go straight to 194?" "gonna go straight to 195". Associated w/ comms heard on 69.425FM and possibly 38.725FM as well. 5/14/2020 approx 1837+h -AJ

05/15/20 14:53:45 UTC69.425 MHz ARMY 20327 attempts to contact KVUJ twr (was closed) then on 69.425FM a report of no contact & someone should try UHF. This followed by "291.9" (KVUJ UHF) being called out on 50.125FM by a different party. Repeat of failed contact on VHF by female pilot (heard earlier on 69.425FM) IDing as ARMY 20273. Considering valley location, good Rx. 5/14/2020 approx 1830+h -AJ

On 1/16/03 EST Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
I had decided to leave a scanner at my radio shack in Daytona Beach, FL locked on 259.7000 MHz
which is the
Shuttle Air/Ground frequency used in the first few minutes of launch. Note, this frequency is also
used once the shuttle enters earth's atmosphere for landing. While the scanner was locked
on 259.7000 the audio out from the scanner was being digitally recorded on one of my computers.
You can hear
not only the shuttle but you could hear Houston's first radio call "Houston Endeavour, go at throttle up".

Normally I also record the landing comms. However at 9AM EST on 2/1/03 just 16 minutes before landing, moments
before I normally can receive direct Shuttle Comms, Columbia broke up over Texas. Never to be heard from again.

The software used to record the audio is a VOX recorder which means it only records voice, not
the silence between radio calls. This was recorded using a Uniden BC 780XLT scanner and the
Create Log Periodic antenna.